Germany is backing a huge growth in sales of electric vehicles. Chancellor Angela Merkel told an international forum in Berlin that she wants to see at least one million EVs on Germany’s highways and byways by the end of the decade.

With that number of zero-emission vehicles on its roads, Germany’s credentials as a leader in sustainable mobility would be assured. And although the target is ambitious there are promising signs that it can be achieved.

It’s a bold goal but if any city can do it, it’s got to be Copenhagen. Denmark’s capital is aiming to be the first carbon neutral city in the world by 2025… but then, as the country also aims to generate all its electricity from renewable sources – solar, wind and hydro – by 2050, it is clearly not a fanciful target.

Nissan Motor Company, Ltd., and Keiko Ihara, currently the only Japanese female driver competing in the World Endurance Championships (WEC) — the highest form of sports-car endurance racing in the world — have signed a partnership agreement to promote zero emission mobility.

Two Nissan LEAFs have been delivered to Microsoft UK, becoming the first 100% electric cars to join its staff company car scheme. Keen to look for ways to reduce its vehicle fleet carbon footprint, Microsoft UK ran five weeks of competitive internal trials with other electric car manufacturers. The trial involved inviting 500 Microsoft UK staff members ranging from engineers and senio